diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_pagevec.h b/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_pagevec.h
index 64724dd1e04e..efbf541e11bb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_pagevec.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_pagevec.h
@@ -117,11 +117,18 @@ static inline void z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_init(struct z_erofs_pagevec_ctor *ctor,
 static inline bool
 z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_enqueue(struct z_erofs_pagevec_ctor *ctor,
 			     struct page *page,
-			     enum z_erofs_page_type type)
+			     enum z_erofs_page_type type,
+			     bool pvec_safereuse)
 {
-	if (unlikely(ctor->next == NULL && type))
-		if (ctor->index + 1 == ctor->nr)
+	if (!ctor->next) {
+		/* some pages cannot be reused as pvec safely without I/O */
+		if (type == Z_EROFS_PAGE_TYPE_EXCLUSIVE && !pvec_safereuse)
+			type = Z_EROFS_VLE_PAGE_TYPE_TAIL_SHARED;
+
+		if (type != Z_EROFS_PAGE_TYPE_EXCLUSIVE &&
+		    ctor->index + 1 == ctor->nr)
 			return false;
+	}
 
 	if (unlikely(ctor->index >= ctor->nr))
 		z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_pagedown(ctor, false);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_vle.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_vle.c
index 48c21a4d5dc8..83e4d9384bd2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_vle.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_vle.c
@@ -228,10 +228,10 @@ static inline bool try_to_reuse_as_compressed_page(
 }
 
 /* callers must be with work->lock held */
-static int z_erofs_vle_work_add_page(
-	struct z_erofs_vle_work_builder *builder,
-	struct page *page,
-	enum z_erofs_page_type type)
+static int z_erofs_vle_work_add_page(struct z_erofs_vle_work_builder *builder,
+				     struct page *page,
+				     enum z_erofs_page_type type,
+				     bool pvec_safereuse)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ static int z_erofs_vle_work_add_page(
 		try_to_reuse_as_compressed_page(builder, page))
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_enqueue(&builder->vector, page, type);
+	ret = z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_enqueue(&builder->vector, page, type,
+					   pvec_safereuse);
 	builder->work->vcnt += (unsigned)ret;
-
 	return ret ? 0 : -EAGAIN;
 }
 
@@ -688,14 +688,15 @@ hitted:
 		tight &= builder_is_followed(builder);
 
 retry:
-	err = z_erofs_vle_work_add_page(builder, page, page_type);
+	err = z_erofs_vle_work_add_page(builder, page, page_type,
+					builder_is_followed(builder));
 	/* should allocate an additional staging page for pagevec */
 	if (err == -EAGAIN) {
 		struct page *const newpage =
 			__stagingpage_alloc(page_pool, GFP_NOFS);
 
 		err = z_erofs_vle_work_add_page(builder,
-			newpage, Z_EROFS_PAGE_TYPE_EXCLUSIVE);
+			newpage, Z_EROFS_PAGE_TYPE_EXCLUSIVE, true);
 		if (likely(!err))
 			goto retry;
 	}